Fleddermaus

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Fledermaus.

Noun

Fleddermaus f (plural Fleddermeis)

  1. butterfly
    • 2006, Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis (eds.), Mit Pennsylvaanisch-Deitsch darich's yaahr: A Pennsylvania German reader for grandparents and grandchildren, Tintenfaß (publ.), page 118.
      Un hie un do sehnt mer noch en Fleddermaus, as widder zu Gnaade kumme is.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. moth
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